'As we all start thinking towards the glorious three day weekend to celebrate the hard work of all Americans this Labor Day, I wanted to share the results of our survey we did right before Independence Day earlier this year in our post titled “ The Importance of Manufacturing in America.” US MANUFACTURING SURGES IN JULY. manufacturing. Manufacturing creates value.

'If you have any interest in the digitization and automation of manufacturing, you’ll be interested in an interview with a Lockheed Martin executive that I came across recently in the Manufacturing Leadership Journal. Lockheed Martin’s Cave is tied to assembly and test operation bays, so it can link to manufacturing and vice versa. Clearly, Little is thinking big. I concur.

'The future of manufacturing looks bright. New innovations, the rise of the entrepreneurial age, and the internet of everything will drive product development & manufacturing growth. In 2008 I witnessed more and more talented engineering & manufacturing workers pick up freelance work out of necessity. 1 spent in manufacturing generates $1.35 Manufacturing

Here is a video highlighting this recent announcement: As the idea of everyone using driverless vehicles to get around gets more popular, the automotive manufacturing industry has to adapt in response. Manufacturing Complexity. The manufacturing industry must ready itself to support a new level of synchronization across these complex systems.

Manufacturing is an industry that seems to be one of the most impacted by the tech revolution. When the layman thinks of manufacturing, he probably thinks of an assembly line made up of humans, each handling one part of the assembly process. The incorporation of 3-D printing in manufacturing is not a thing of the distant future; it’s happening now. Robotics. 3-D Printing.

Lisa tweets and comments on all things manufacturing. Below her post, you will also see a great infographic, “25 Ways to Attract Millennials to Manufacturing” from the folks over at 21Handshake, a marketing services company (and they have one of the coolest websites we’ve ever seen)! We know manufacturing is proven to have a great economic impact. Enjoy!

'A few months ago, I wrote about how Lockheed Martin is investing in a 3D printing initiative as part of a fully digitized manufacturing process, something they call the Digital Tapestry, that will be used to produce critical components for air and spacecraft. Everything in manufacturing needs to be digital, said the article, and I agree. Digital manufacturing isn’t just the future. It has already arrived as a serious force in manufacturing. That’s serious manufacturing equipment. wonder how many manufacturing enterprises are truly ready for this revolution.
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We fully believe that an efficient manufacturer and manufacturing base is set to stay competitive and sustain. We keep manufacturers competitive by empowering them with process improvement and technology to better sustain and scale transportation departments without adding additional resources, thus impacting the overall profitability. As we said in our podcast on Friday , the more profitable our manufacturing base, the greater the dollars that circulate into the economy. Robotics in Manufacturing: From the Industrial Age to the Space Age. Yaskawa America Inc.
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'As IDC Manufacturing Insights reported at the end of 2013 about how important it was for manufacturing to focus on operations and technology by highlighting these 10 salient points , the United States was settling into what would be a long and economically stifling winter, thanks to that pesky thing they call the Polar Vortex. We all lamented when we saw that in Q1 the economy and manufacturing seemed to take a dip with growth of -1%. However, as spring melted the snow and life sprang from the ground as it always does each Spring, so did the economy and manufacturing.
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network’s first Manufacturing Analytics Innovation Summit in Chicago a couple weeks ago. One thing for certain, there are some very exciting projects being implemented in an incredible variety of environments to accomplish an amazing diversity of manufacturing needs across the world. According to D&B speaker Sue Sheehey, 54% of US manufacturing executives admit that their firms do not have visibility beyond Tier 1 supplier, and almost 40% of reported supply chain disruptions originate with Tier 2 or 3 suppliers. Digital manufacturing is worth the investment.
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But, manufacturers may be spending a lot more time than they need to, and not getting the results they want. Getting everyone properly involved in development and review, and then translating their decisions onto the actual packaging art as part of the manufacturing process, is a slow and often painful process. Manufacturing Execution Systems are already used by many enterprises in product manufacturing to enable material synchronization, manufacturing efficiency, quality and compliance, in support of accelerating innovation and new product introductions.
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